Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 04:30
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 454 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 156 Parallax 136 121% 147 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11932 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1615 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 82 82 568 (AE) Unknown 100 100 203 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 54 197569347610 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 82 82 18 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 62773361681 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1225813887 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2325320766	63% Good	Read 476 Write 290 Mixed 352 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 18.8 77% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 89.8 DQ Write 37.3 DQ Mixed 13.4 23% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 491GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4489 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1617 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4298 (C2) HDA temperature 120 89 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.7% Good	Read 129 Write 110 Mixed 104 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 109%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 245GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 42 Write 41.5 Mixed 42 54% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 3,671 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 25.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 81%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	348x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	63x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16